The graph below shows the number of people taking part in four kinds of sports in a particular region between 1985 and 2005.

The line graph gives information about the popularity of basketball,

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, badminton, and rugby in an unknown region from 1985 to 2005.

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, unlike basketball and badminton, which attracted the same

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of people over the 20 years, rugby and

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had either an upward or a downward trend. On the one hand, rugby used to be the most popular sport in the region in the first five years, with 240-210 people attending it. Later, it equalised with the

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regarding the

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of attendees (200), and had a sharp drop to 50

at the end

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of the period.

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, the

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of

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players saw a steady increase from 150 in 1985 to 225 in 2005.

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, the remaining two types of sport were stable in terms of the

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of people participating over the given period. So, if the

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of participants in the basketball fluctuated negligibly around 75, nearly the same pattern around 50 had its counterpart.